[donquichotte]

I agree, but I have seen an implementation of a middle ground (Scaled Agile for Enterprises, SAFE) that combined the worst of both worlds, with quarterly, one-week, all-hands-on-deck mammoth PI (product increment) planning sessions down to the story point (whatever unit that was, apparently it has magical self-calibrating properties) that were thrown out of the window 4 weeks into the PI.

[jongjong]

Combining the worst of both worlds is definitely a nutty thing to do! You need to use critical thinking and analysis when coming up with new processes. It's definitely possible to make use of the best of both worlds. Though you still need to synthesize and re-evaluate the whole.

Though two wrongs don't make a right, two rights can sometimes make a wrong when combined.